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Edited by Berenstain Laura K. and Spaeth James P. . Cambridge University Press 2021 Pages: 409. ISBN-13: 978-1-108-49416-8. Anesthesiology March 2022, Vol. 136, 522–523. The world of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery is filled with all manner of nonintuitive acronyms and eponyms: Ebstein’s Anomaly, Fontans of various sorts, Glenns, MBTS (Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunts), Mee shunts, […]
Read MoreAuthors: James W. Ibinson, MD, PhD and Daniel J. Cole, MD, FASA ASA Monitor January 2022, Vol. 86, 1–4. Aducanumab is a IgG1 monoclonal antibody therapy that targets amyloid beta (Aβ), aiding in clearance of the Aβ plaques that are a defining molecular feature of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD). Controversy erupted in June 2021 when the FDA […]
Read MoreAuthors: Cecilia Canales, M.D., M.P.H. et al Anesthesiology February 2022, Vol. 136, 268–278. Background Frailty is increasingly being recognized as a public health issue, straining healthcare resources and increasing costs to care for these patients. Frailty is the decline in physical and cognitive reserves leading to increased vulnerability to stressors such as surgery or disease […]
Read MoreAuthor: M. Anthony Cometa, M.D. Anesthesiology March 2022, Vol. 136, 517. To the Editor: The recent article by Epaud et al.1 reinforces the need for anesthesiologists to be comfortable with the flexible fiberoptic intubation technique. I read with great concern that a neurologic injury occurred because of the choice of videolaryngoscopy as the intubation approach because the […]
Read MoreAuthors: Bradley J. Hindman, M.D. et al Anesthesiology March 2022, Vol. 136, 517–519. To the Editor: We express our condolences to Epaud et al. and to their patient with ankylosing spondylitis who experienced a C5–C6 cervical spine fracture in association with a difficult videolaryngoscopic intubation. Their image report adds to existing reports of intubation-mediated cervical spine injury […]
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